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Can a media campaign change health service use in a population with stroke symptoms? Examination of the first Irish stroke awareness campaign
Conclusions This first Irish F.A.S.T. campaign had an initial impact on ED attendance of patients with stroke symptoms. However, the campaign effects were not sustained in the long term. Results indicate that prehospital delay in accessing acute stroke services is a complex process with involvement of factors other than stroke knowledge and intention to call 911.
Source: Emergency Medicine Journal - June 12, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mellon, L., Hickey, A., Doyle, F., Dolan, E., Williams, D. Tags: Stroke Original article Source Type: research

Perfuze raises $3m seed round for Millipede stroke catheter
Perfuze said today that it raised more than $3 million for the Millipede catheter it’s developing to treat ischemic stroke. Although not quite in stealth mode, the Galway, Ireland-based firm is close-mouthed about its technology. CEO Wayne Allen and CTO Liam Mullins (who co-founded Embo Medical before its  in 2015,  $YY acquisition by C.R. Bard in 2015) founded Perfuze last year. The €3 million ($3.4 million) seed round, earmarked for Millipede development, was led by European VC shop Earlybird. MedFocus, Enterprise Ireland and an Irish syndicate of medtech veterans and stroke physicians also participated, Pe...
Source: Mass Device - January 29, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Catheters Featured Funding Roundup Neurological Perfuze Stroke Source Type: news

Effect of Inflammation on the Process of Stroke Rehabilitation and Poststroke Depression
Conclusions Stroke comprises ischemic stroke and ICH. The immuno-inflammatory process is involved in neural plasticity following events such as a hemorrhage or ischemic stroke. After ischemia, astrocytes, microglia, and MDMs play important roles during rehabilitation with the modulation of cytokines or chemokines, such as TNF-α and IL-1. Moreover, MiRNAs are also important posttranscriptional regulators in these glial mitochondrial responses to cerebral ischemia. ICH involves processes similar and different to those seen in ischemia, including neuronal injury, astrocytic and microglial/macrophage activation, and n...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - April 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

311 Older Adults Awareness and Response to Stroke in Ireland.
ConclusionAwareness of stroke symptoms does not necessarily influence response to stroke in older adults. Future stroke awareness campaigns should consider FAST2 which speaks to treatment (thrombolysis or thrombectomy) as well as time.
Source: Age and Ageing - September 16, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Inclusion of stroke patients in expanded cardiac rehabilitation services: a cross-national qualitative study with cardiac and stroke rehabilitation professionals.
CONCLUSIONS: Hybrid cardiac rehabilitation programmes could be tailored to deliver stroke-specific education, exercises and multidisciplinary expertise. Post-stroke cognitive impairment was identified as a key barrier to participation in cardiac rehabilitation. A cognitive rehabilitation intervention could potentially be delivered as part of cardiac rehabilitation, to address the cognitive needs of stroke and cardiac patients. Implications for rehabilitation The cardiac rehabilitation model has the potential to be expanded to include mild stroke patients given the commonality of secondary prevention needs. Up to half of st...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 2, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Jeffares I, Merriman NA, Doyle F, Horgan F, Hickey A Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Increased Risk of Stroke Linked to Stress at Home, Work
Experiencing multiple stressful events or chronic stress at home or at work over the course of a year raises the risk of several types of stroke, astudy published today inJAMA Network Open has found. However, the study also suggests that having a greater sense of control over the situations and experiences that affect one ’s life—a greater locus of control—may help counter the impact of stress on stroke risk.Catriona Reddin, M.B., of the University of Galway in Ireland and colleagues analyzed data from 26,812 participants in the INTERSTROKE study, an international case-control study of risk factors for stroke. Among ...
Source: Psychiatr News - December 9, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: home stress INTERSTROKE study JAMA Network Open locus of control work stress Source Type: research

Suboptimal lipid management before and after ischaemic stroke and TIA —the North Dublin Population Stroke Study
ConclusionsIn this population-based study, LLT recommended by international guidelines was under-used, before and after index stroke/TIA. Strategies to improve adherence are needed.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - January 24, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Validation and comparison of imaging-based scores for prediction of early stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack: a pooled analysis of individual-patient data from cohort studies
Publication date: November 2016 Source:The Lancet Neurology, Volume 15, Issue 12 Author(s): Peter J Kelly, Gregory W Albers, Anastasios Chatzikonstantinou, Gian Marco De Marchis, Julia Ferrari, Paul George, Mira Katan, Michael Knoflach, Jong S Kim, Linxin Li, Eun-Jae Lee, Jean-Marc Olivot, Francisco Purroy, Nicolas Raposo, Peter M Rothwell, Vijay K Sharma, Bo Song, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Cathal Walsh, Yuming Xu, Aine Merwick Background Identification of patients at highest risk of early stroke after transient ischaemic attack has been improved with imaging based scores. We aimed to compare the validity and prognostic utilit...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - October 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Stroke impairment categories: A new way to classify the effects of stroke based on stroke-related impairments.
CONCLUSIONS: A classification system of seven Stroke Impairment Categories has been presented. PMID: 33131321 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - November 1, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Gittins M, Lugo-Palacios D, Vail A, Bowen A, Paley L, Bray B, Tyson S Tags: Clin Rehabil Source Type: research

20 years of researching stroke through audit.
This article records and reviews some questions that have been answered using data from the audit: Is the rate of institutional care after rehabilitation a possible measure of outcome? Does stroke unit care in routine practice give the benefits shown in randomized controlled trials? How is the quality of stroke care affected by a patient's age and the time of their stroke? Do patient-reported measures match those obtained from the professionals recording of processes of care? How do the processes of care after stroke affect mortality? Is thrombolysis safe to use in patients over the age of 80? Do staffing levels matter? Do...
Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - June 1, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Rudd AG, Hoffman A, Paley L, Bray B Tags: Clin Rehabil Source Type: research

254 An Audit of the Frequency of Early Swallow Screens Performed in Patients Diagnosed with a Stroke
ConclusionIn summary while our hospital is succeeding in getting the vast majority of diagnosed strokes into our stroke unit we are not currently meeting the UK target for early swallow screening. We aim to roll out an education and training programme targeting nurses and doctors in our stroke unit regarding early swallow screening and re-audit this in 6-12 month ’s time.
Source: Age and Ageing - September 16, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

199 Hospital Discharges for Acute Stroke in Ireland: National Data 2005-2017
ConclusionBetter understanding is needed of the risk factors underlying this worrying trend.Clinical service providers will need to adapt to better deal with the challenges specific to stroke at younger age.
Source: Age and Ageing - September 16, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Association of RAGE with acute ischemic stroke prognosis in type 2 diabetes
ConclusionAcute ischemic stroke is associated with elevated serum RAGE level, which, at admission, is an independent predictor of poor outcome for stroke in type 2 diabetes.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - September 27, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Thrombolysis for stroke in Ireland: increasing access and maintaining safety in a challenging environment
ConclusionStroke thrombolysis is being effectively and safely provided in acute stroke services in Ireland despite regular involvement of non-specialist staff. There is still potential to improve thrombolysis rate.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - July 17, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

24 Stroke Risk Factors, Aetiology, and Outcomes in a Multi-ethnic Irish Stroke Population
ConclusionOur study demonstrates that NI stroke patients have a different risk factor and stroke sub-type profile compared to Irish patients.  NI patients are more likely to be young, hypertensive, male, and have higher rates of ICH. Cultural and linguistic barriers may adversely influence health seeking behaviour in this group. These findings underscore the need to identify the root causes of these ethnic differences so targeted prima ry prevention campaigns can be established.
Source: Age and Ageing - September 16, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research